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TIMBER AND TIMBER TREES. 



[chap. 



and the fibre of no great length. Some had small pin- 

 like knots in them, and the surface of the plank being 

 dotted over with these, it presented a mottled ap- 

 pearance, somewhat resembling Bird's-eye Maple. 



The specimens are numbered from the centre or 

 pith of the tree outwards — i to 6 and i' to 6' in column 

 8. The results are as follow, viz. : — 



Table IX. 

 Transverse Experi-ments. — ^ri Bxainple. 



Remarks. — Nos. 13 to 17 inclusive broke very short ; 18 and 19 were nearly alike, 

 and had scarph-shaped fractures 10 inches in length ; ao and 21 had long splintery frac- 

 tures ; 22 to 24 inclusive broke short to Kth the depth, then long fractures. 



In the specimens marked i to 6, the greatest strength 

 was possessed by the piece taken from close to the 

 centre of the log, which comprised the oldest and densest 

 annual layers, while No. 6, which was farthest removed 

 from it, and contained the most recently perfected dura- 



